About

Australian cinematographer Stefan Duscio is characterised by fluid camera movements and masterful use of light. His authentic and innovative approach to cinematic naturalism has made him a highly regarded collaborator of directors such as Robert Connolly, Leigh Whannell, JD Dillard and Mirrah Foulkes.

Recently he collaborated with director Leigh Whannell for a third feature on Blumhouse/ Universal’s latest Wolf Man feature film, starring Julia Garner and Christopher Abbott which enjoyed a wide release in thousands of theatres around the world.

Prior to this he shot the Apple TV+ series Shantaram produced by Paramount and Anonymous, and executive producer Steve Lightfoot and director Bharat Nalluri, Duscio rose to the challenge of marshalling multiple large-scale units across Melbourne, Bangkok and Mumbai in 2021-2022. The 12-episode adaptation of Gregory David Roberts’ novel Shantaram premiered in October 2022.

In 2022, Duscio won the Gold Tripod for Best Cinematography in a feature film for The Dry (2020) and the prestigious Milli Award for the ACS Australian Cinematographer of the Year.

In the narrative realm, Duscio collaborated with filmmaker Aaron Wilson to shoot the wartime drama Canopy (2013) in Singapore. He followed this with Galore (2013), the debut feature film by Rhys Graham which earned Duscio his first Gold Award at the ACS Awards for Best Cinematography. This started him on a string of films including: Angus Sampson’s The Mule, which premiered at South-by-Southwest in 2014; Backtrack (2015) alongside director Michael Petroni and starring Adrian Brody; Greg McLean’s Jungle (2017) and Leigh Whannell’s cult hit Upgrade (2018).

He later returned to independent work with Mirrah Foulkes’ Judy and Punch (nominated for a Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival in 2019) and then launched into Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man (2020), a science fiction thriller based on a novel by HG Wells starring Elizabeth Moss, for which Duscio won the Australian Academy of Cinematography Award. The Invisible Man earned the top spot at the worldwide box office in 2020 for two weeks.

In addition, he has shot hundreds of commercials and music videos, including music videos for Beyonce’s Mine and Ghost from her 2013 self-titled visual album.

Growing up in rural Australia, Duscio developed an early interest in photography and visual storytelling studying Media Arts at RMIT University in Melbourne. From there he landed his first job in the camera department for the Lord of the Rings trilogy in New Zealand with Oscar-winning cinematographer Andrew Lesnie. He continued working in Australia as a camera assistant with young directors and cinematographers, including Greig Fraser, Germain McMicking, Ari Wegner and Adam Arkapaw.

Contact

Film & Television/ Australia
HLA Management
Zilla Turner
+612 9549 3000
zilla.turner@hlamgt.com.au 
hlamgt.com.au

Commercials/ Australia
Auscrew
+612 9427 4444
auscrew@auscrew.com.au
auscrew.com.au
 

Film & Television/ USA
United Talent Agency
Pete Franciosa
+1 310 246 6047
franciosap@unitedtalent.com

Commercials/ USA
United Talent Agency
Robert Arakelian
+1 310 860 3741
arakelianr@unitedtalent.com